基础英语1 unit 2 American-Homes-and-Traditional-Chinese-Homes.ppt

Book 1-Unit 2 pay back If you take out a mortgage to buy an apartment, you will have to pay back the loan in about 15 years. (pay debt or return money to the bank or someone) I still have not paid him back for the way he embarrassed me in the party. (punish somebody in return for some offence ) Book 1-Unit 2 afford When I was a child, my family was so poor that we could not even afford to buy an electric fan. (does not have enough money to buy something) Let’s get out of here quickly. We can’t afford to wait any longer. (To be able to do something without risk or serious consequences) Book 1-Unit 2 give a view of The big window in the classroom gives us a view of the beautiful green countryside. (allow (us) to see the view of …) Book 1-Unit 2 of the same age Usually most of the students in my class are more or less of the same age. (similar or almost same in age) English-to- ChineseTranslation Many Americans do not live with their families, but in apartment blocks of residential areas where everyone is more or less of the same age. Americans are often on the move, and some families change their homes every few years. …and big windows give a wonderful view of the swimming pool and the sea. The lack of privacy within the Chinese home finds its extreme expression in many well-to-do families of North China. Here the rooms are arranged in rows like the cars of a train. But instead of each room having a separate entrance, all the rooms are arranged in sequence, one leading into another. Such an arrangement in living quarters would be very uncommon to Americans. 1. 在美国, 许多年轻人不和家人住在一起, 而是住在居民区的公寓楼群里,在这里大家差不多都是同龄人。 2. 美国人总是在搬家, 有的家庭每隔几年就要搬一次。 3. …大大的窗户将游泳池和大海的美景收览无余。 4. 中国家庭没有隐私概念，这在北方许多富裕家庭可以找到极端例子。在那里，房间并排连在一起，像火车车厢一样。所有房间一个通着一个，按一定的顺序排列，而每个房间没有单独的入口。如此这般的住所布局在美国并不常见。 Book 1-Unit 2 town houses a house that shares walls on either side of it (suburban semi-detached house) 市内多栋连建住宅 May different in layout row houses townhouse是一种3层左右、独门独户、前后有私家花园及车库(车位)的联排式